Zoe Bäckstedt

Jane Zoe Bäckstedt (born 24 September 2004) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist riding for UCI Women's World Tour Team, competing across road, cyclo-cross and track racing disciplines.

At the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, Bäckstedt won the gold medal in the junior women's road race, and silver in the junior women's time trial. A year later, she upgraded junior time-trial silver to gold, winning the event by over a minute and a half before successfully defending her road race title with a dominant solo victory, and her third road world championship at junior level.

At the 2022 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Bäckstedt won a second world junior title, this time in the cyclo-cross discipline.

This completed a hat-trick of world titles across three different disciplines, having won the Madison at the 2022 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. Bäckstedt is a three time European junior champion on the track and a junior and under-23 European cyclo-cross champion.

In 2022, at the age of 17, Bäckstedt signed with UCI Women's World Tour Team

In 2024, Bäckstedt won first place in the U23 Women's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.

Bäckstedt's mother, Megan Hughes, and father, Magnus, are both former professional cyclists, and her sister Elynor also rides professionally.

Cyclo-cross

 * 2020–2021
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Overall UCI Junior World Cup
 * 1st Tábor


 * 2021–2022 (3 pro wins)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg UEC European Junior Championships
 * Ethias Cross
 * 1st Essen
 * 2nd Meulebeke
 * Stockholm Weekend
 * 1st Täby Park
 * 1st Stockholm
 * 2nd Overall UCI Junior World Cup
 * 1st Tábor
 * 1st Namur
 * 1st Dendermonde
 * Junior Superprestige
 * 1st Gieten
 * Junior X²O Badkamers Trophy
 * 1st Lille
 * 3rd Gullegem


 * 2022–2023 (1)
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
 * Coupe de France
 * 2nd Nommay II
 * UCI World Cup
 * 4th Gavere
 * 4th Besançon
 * 5th UEC European Under-23 Championships


 * 2023–2024 (3)
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI World Under-23 Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st Gullegem
 * 1st Indianapolis I
 * 1st Indianapolis II
 * 2nd Waterloo
 * UCI World Cup
 * 3rd Dendermonde
 * 3rd Dublin
 * 3rd Zonhoven
 * 4th Hoogerheide
 * 5th Waterloo
 * 3rd Woerden

Road

 * 2021
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race
 * 2nd Silver medal uci.svg Time trial
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Time trial, National Junior Championships
 * 5th Overall Watersley Challenge Juniors
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Youth classification
 * 1st Stage 2 (ITT)


 * 2022
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race
 * 1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall EPZ Omloop van Borsele Juniors
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 3
 * 1st Jersey gold.svg Overall Watersley Challenge Juniors
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 2 (ITT) & 3
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall U6 Cycle Tour
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stages 1 (ITT), 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (ITT)


 * 2023
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 5th Overall Simac Ladies Tour
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification


 * 2024
 * 2nd Antwerp Port Epic

Track

 * 2021
 * UEC European Junior Championships
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Millie Couzens)
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison (with Millie Couzens)


 * 2022
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Grace Lister)

Mountain bike

 * 2021
 * 3rd Cross-country, National Junior Championships